عشقلان (بندر باستانی)

Also known as Tel Ashkelon, Tel Ashqelon

Ascalon or Ashkelon was an ancient Near East port city on the Mediterranean coast of the southern Levant of high historical and archaeological significance. Its remains are located in the archaeological site of Tel Ashkelon, within the city limits of the modern Israeli city of Ashkelon. Traces of settlement exist from the 3rd millennium BCE, with evidence of city fortifications emerging in the Middle Bronze Age. During the Late Bronze Age, it was integrated into the Egyptian Empire, before becoming one of the five cities of the Philistine pentapolis following the migration of the Sea Peoples.

Key facts

Ancient site.name: Ascalon
Ancient site.image: File:71-7100-100 - תל אשקלון - שרידי כנסיית סנטה מריה וירידיס - לריסה סקלאר גילר (3).jpg
Ancient site.image_size: 325px
Ancient site.caption: Remains of the Church of Santa Maria Viridis
Ancient site.map_type: Israel
Ancient site.relief: yes
Ancient site.map_dot_label: Ascalon
Ancient site.location: Southern District, Israel
Ancient site.region: Southern Levant, Middle East
Ancient site.type: Settlement
Ancient site.built: c. 2000 BCE
Ancient site.abandoned: 1270 CE
Ancient site.epochs: Bronze Age to Crusades
Ancient site.cultures: Canaanite, Philistine, Phoenician, Crusaders
Ancient site.excavations: 1815, 1920–1922, 1985–2016
Ancient site.archaeologists: Lady Hester Stanhope, John Garstang, W. J. Phythian-Adams, Lawrence Stager, Daniel Master